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ra⋅dome

[rey-dohm]
–noun
a dome-shaped device used to house a radar antenna.

Origin:
1940–45; b. radar and dome
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ra·dome   (rā'dōm)   
n.  A domelike shell transparent to radio-frequency radiation, used to house a radar antenna.

[ra(dar) + dome.]
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